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Post by Electric Eel on May 30, 2020 19:53:28 GMT 10
 Steve Sharp Parramatta 1979 - 1990 Games - 164 Wikipedia |
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Post by Electric Eel on May 30, 2020 19:53:46 GMT 10
Another in the long line of mobile forwards with high work-rates that were favoured by coach Jack Gibson during the 1980s. Sharp was a reserve in Parramatta's first grand final win in 1981 but played in the second row in the club's grand final wins against Manly in the next two years. Sharp was a reserve in the Eels' loss to Canterbury in the 1984 grand final and had the distinction of scoring the first try at the newly built Parramatta Stadium in the opening match against St George in 1986.
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Post by Electric Eel on May 30, 2020 19:54:07 GMT 10
Steve Sharp (born 11 September 1957) is an Australian rugby league football administrator and former professional player, who was previously chairman of the Parramatta Eels club, with whom he played and won three premierships in the 1980s.
Playing career
Sharp started playing in Sydney's New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership for the Parramatta Eels club during the 1979 NSWRFL season. He was selected as one of Parramatta's reserves in the 1981 NSWRFL season's grand final, in which they defeated Newtown to claim their maiden premiership.
Sharp was selected to play for the Eels at second-row forward in the 1982 NSWRFL season's grand final victory over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. At the end of the 1983 NSWRFL season Parramatta again faced Manly in the grand final and again Sharp played at second-row forward in the Eels victory, making it three consecutive premierships for the club. He was selected to play for the Eels as a reserve in the 1984 NSWRL season's grand final which was lost to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
When the newly-build Parramatta Stadium hosted its first match in 1986, Sharp scored the first try there. The 1990 NSWRL season was his last in first grade.
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